When hiring,
ALWAYS provide a task.
The task is what filters out people who CAN do a job from those that can't.
The task is always related to what they are going to do at our company.
For our SDR (sales) role, we provide applicants with a task, which is precisely what they'd be doing at Team-GPT:
𝘏𝘦𝘺!
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮-𝘎𝘗𝘛, 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵!
𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘋𝘙 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳.
𝘛𝘢𝘴𝘬:
1. 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮-𝘎𝘗𝘛 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴
2. 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴
3. 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶
𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴; 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵!
𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯!
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And we stick by it!
Their manager really sees their CVs, only if they like the email.
I love this taks, because it removes all the bias.
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝗻𝗼 𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗩, 𝗻𝗼 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼.
Just your ability to do the job we are hiring you to do.
The results so far?
Many people can't even recognize who will be their direct manager. These are disqualified immediately.
P.S.
If you are interested in applying, you know what to do!
May the best candidates win!
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